Netsai Mukomberanwa is an acclaimed

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sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. She is a second generation Shona art sculptor that works with stone as a medium. She spends afternoons producing her work at the family farm in

Ruwa Ruwa is a town in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, situated 22 km south-east of Harare on the main Harare-Mutare highway and railway line. Overview It serves as a small administrative and trading centre for the surrounding mixed farming area. In re ...

; her primary job is as a school

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. She is a member of the famed Mukomberanwa family of artists. She is a daughter of first generation Shona art Sculptors

Nicholas Mukomberanwa Nicholas Mukomberanwa (1940 - 12 November 2002) was a Zimbabwean sculpture, sculptor and art teacher. He was among the most famous protégés of the Workshop School at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. He was a mentor to the Mukomberanwa Family o ...

and Grace Mukomberanwa. She is the sister of sculptors

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, Ennica, Taguma, Tendai Mukomberanwa and

Lawrence Mukomberanwa Lawrence Mukomberanwa (born 1976) is a Zimbabwean sculptor and pilot. The son of Nicholas Mukomberanwa, Lawrence (sometimes spelled Laurence) worked with his father from his early childhood days. He continued sculpting whilst training to be a ...

, and the cousin of

Nesbert Mukomberanwa Nesbert Mukomberanwa (born 1969) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. Born in Buhera, Mukomberanwa began to study sculpture with his uncle in 1987; by 1989 he had struck out on his own, establishing a workshop in Chitungwiza. Here he worked for nearly a de ...

. From her early childhood on, she was exposed to the art of stone sculpting due to her famous father, Nicholas. Since then she always proved her talent in this discipline, even though it remained a playful hobby for a long time

Awards

*Young Women Sculpture Awards - Merit Award 2004 *Harare Visual Arts Sector steering committee Member

References

External links

Biography, with examples of her work
Living people People from Mashonaland East Province Zimbabwean educators Zimbabwean women educators Zimbabwean women sculptors 20th-century Zimbabwean women artists 21st-century Zimbabwean women artists Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Zimbabwean sculptors 21st-century Zimbabwean sculptors Women stone carvers {{Zimbabwe-sculptor-stub